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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 31, 2017 4:30:53 GMT -5
Marcie Blane passed away October 9 atthe age of 73. The daughter of a professional musician, she recorded a demo as a favor to a high school friend for a song he had written. Marv Holtzman, A & R at Seville Records witnessed the session and signed her to a contract. The first song she recorded with Seville became a huge hit in late 1962, peaking at #3 for 4 weeks. The follow up "What Does A Girl Do" stalled at #82. She would continue to record until the mid-60s, eventually leaving the music business and becoming a teacher. RIP Marcie. You'll always be a kid in our hearts. Bobby's Girl - Marcie BlaneUpdate: The Santa Monica Observer has posted a retraction. Turns out that the woman identified as Marcie Blane was actually an imposter who had passed herself off as the singer for the last 30 years. Santa Monica Observer Retraction |
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Post by slf on Oct 31, 2017 21:23:58 GMT -5
Marcie Blane passed away October 9 at the age of 73. The daughter of a professional musician, she recorded a demo as a favor to a high school friend for a song he had written. Marv Holtzman, A & R at Seville Records witnessed the session and signed her to a contract. The first song she recorded with Seville became a huge hit in late 1961, peaking at #3 for 4 weeks. The follow up "What Does A Girl Do" stalled at #82. She would continue to record until the mid-60s, eventually leaving the music business and becoming a teacher. RIP Marcie. You'll always be a kid in our hearts. Bobby's Girl - Marcie BlaneObituaryYou're off by one year. "Bobby's Girl" was a big hit in late 1962. (RIP Marcie Blane! You gave us only one hit, but it was a good one!) |
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Post by Dale Latimer on Nov 1, 2017 16:20:59 GMT -5
Update: The Santa Monica Observer has posted a retraction. Turns out that the woman identified as Marcie Blane was actually an imposter who had passed herself off as the singer for the last 30 years. Santa Monica Observer RetractionThanks in no small part to the artist once known as Alan Kaltman, a longtime member of Casey's research staff today seen in some online areas under the name Ronnie Allen... like Blane, he too enjoyed brief success as a child singer in the early 1960s thanks to a small New York recording company. dL |
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Post by slf on Nov 1, 2017 19:24:02 GMT -5
Marcie Blane passed away October 9 atthe age of 73. The daughter of a professional musician, she recorded a demo as a favor to a high school friend for a song he had written. Marv Holtzman, A & R at Seville Records witnessed the session and signed her to a contract. The first song she recorded with Seville became a huge hit in late 1961, peaking at #3 for 4 weeks. The follow up "What Does A Girl Do" stalled at #82. She would continue to record until the mid-60s, eventually leaving the music business and becoming a teacher. RIP Marcie. You'll always be a kid in our hearts. Bobby's Girl - Marcie BlaneObituaryUpdate: The Santa Monica Observer has posted a retraction. Turns out that the woman identified as Marcie Blane was actually an imposter who had passed herself off as the singer for the last 30 years. Santa Monica Observer RetractionAre you sure that the retraction link you provided is safe? I clicked it and was able to read the article for about 15 seconds, then my computer started making an alarm-type noise coupled with a screen message warning about a virus or a Trojan horse or something to that effect. I freaked out and unplugged my computer because I couldn't get out of that screen any other way. I hope my computer didn't get infected with anything. |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Nov 1, 2017 19:44:03 GMT -5
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Post by 1finemrg on Nov 1, 2017 21:36:16 GMT -5
slf and at40petebattistini:
My apologies. I have had that issue as well.
In both instances I was able to power back on without issues. I ran a malware check and everything seemed to be OK.
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Post by Dale Latimer on Nov 2, 2017 11:00:22 GMT -5
This was why I posted the earlier story on Frank Slay in its entirety: VVN, through its ad supplier, has for some time now been plagued by this group of idiots determined to take money / private information from people through terror, although this particular scheme only happens to Firefox users, which I am. Is that what's popping up when you folks went to the VVN story?
It's (bleep)ing tedious to have to copy a story link from VVN's email newsblast, open Internet Explorer, and then paste the link into it... but it's the only way I can avoid those fools.
I've got all kinds of protective apps here too, but if the problem is embedded within what whichever site's ad supplier is sending, I can't do anything about it, and Roger Wink, who runs VVN, appears to be in the same sitch.
Sorry I can't bring you better news...
dL
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Post by 1finemrg on Nov 2, 2017 12:52:44 GMT -5
This was why I posted the earlier story on Frank Slay in its entirety: VVN, through its ad supplier, has for some time now been plagued by this group of idiots determined to take money / private information from people through terror, although this particular scheme only happens to Firefox users, which I am. Is that what's popping up when you folks went to the VVN story? It's (bleep)ing tedious to have to copy a story link from VVN's email newsblast, open Internet Explorer, and then paste the link into it... but it's the only way I can avoid those fools. I've got all kinds of protective apps here too, but if the problem is embedded within what whichever site's ad supplier is sending, I can't do anything about it, and Roger Wink, who runs VVN, appears to be in the same sitch. Sorry I can't bring you better news... dL I was on Explorer when the annoying message happened previously. I have also changed the Retraction link and removed the Obituary link. Once again, my apologies to anyone who has been inconvenienced. |
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Post by Dale Latimer on Nov 8, 2017 19:56:19 GMT -5
I have since found that sites/pages that are plagued with these redirection scams such as I encountered at VVN, may be viewed without the scam by opening them in the browser's "private" mode, where certain personal information is not transmitted to the site visited, and things like cookies are not sent to your system. Depending on your browser, this is what you may need to do to view a given page/site:
In Firefox: firefox -private-window <site>
In Microsoft: iexplore -private <site>
In Google Chrome: chrome --incognito <site>
Hope this helps...
dL
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